North of the Wall: Double Feature ‘Centurion’ (2010) & ‘The Eagle’ (2011)
In the 2000’s and early 2010’s, there appeared to be something of an obsession in the movie world with the ancient Roman defensive barrier…
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Suit You Sir? Reviewing Pierce Brosnan’s ‘The Tailor of Panama’ (2001)
As with the later Matador (2005), Pierce Brosnan grasped the opportunity to undercut his 007 image by playing the gleefully amoral MI6 agent Andy…
Neil Jordan’s The Good Thief (2002) a Fine Update of a 1955 Original
I must admit, I owned a DVD of The Good Thief for many years before I finally came round to ever actually watching the…
Review: The Guard (2011): ‘One of the Best Movies of the Last 20 Years’
It may seem like hyperbole, but for me, John Michael McDonagh’s The Guard is one of the best movies of the last twenty years. …
The U.S. Supreme Court and Its Justices on Celluloid
With the sad death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a look at the portrayal of the US Supreme Court and its Justices on celluloid.…
Postcards From The Edge: Brits Abroad
With increased talk of possible foreign holidays as the summer ends and and autumn begins for my fellow UK citizens, I thought we’d take…
With ‘Enola Holmes’ Debuting on Netflix, Let’s Look at Some Quirkier Holmes Films
Peter Cook as Sherlock Holmes Sherlock is a literary phenomenon, as all Sherlockians know. There are few characters that are as compelling in…
Olé! Pierce Brosnan Brings Some Anti-Bond Charm to ‘The Matador’ (2005)
The hitman on the edge of breakdown theme is not a particularly original one, but writer/director Richard Shepherd makes it work in…
Character Study: Donald E. Westlake on Film: Parker, Point Blank, & others
Unlike crime novelists Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith and to a lesser extent Jim Thompson, you’re probably not familiar with Donald E Westlake (1933-2008) – or…
BBC’s The Green Man (1990): Albert Finney’s Exceptional Horror Comedy Series
It’s extremely rare to come across a comedy-chiller that genuinely works on both levels – An American Werewolf in London (1981) being one…